Hidden gems: Museums in Köln

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Köln. This list contains 20 places from Museum category.

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DOKK - Dokumentationsstätte Kalter Krieg
Museum
👍👍 The civil defense facility in Cologne-Kalk was intended to protect 2,366 Cologne residents for up to 14 days after a nuclear attack. Today it is a documentation site and can be visited. A guided tour is free. However, something should always be donated for the very detailed (voluntary) 90-minute gui...
5.00 (33 reviews) (~2.7 km from centre)
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Müllseum
Museum
👍👍 A real interesting museum. The staff is really kind and shows you around (if you want to). I definitely recommend, especially since this organisation does generally an excellent job
5.00 (20 reviews) (~2.3 km from centre)
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Medizinhistorisches Museum Köln
Museum
👍👍 A really nice little museum, informative, clear and entertaining.
4.90 (22 reviews) (~0.14 km from centre)
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Forum for Photography
Art gallery
😠 Unfortunately closed at the opening time stated on the homepage. And especially on a weekend when there are many foreign visitors in the city. Too bad, bad customer service.
4.80 (22 reviews) (~2.84 km from centre)
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DOMiD – Dokumentationszentrum und Museum über die Migration in Deutschland
Museum
👍👍 An important place where migration becomes visible.
4.80 (12 reviews) (~3.66 km from centre)
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Memefactory
Gift shop
👍👍 Huge selection and even very specific requests possible upon request. It's very nice that there are separate Dank, Spicy and Normie departments. In the normie department, however, a homeless bottle collector named "Scuper" often wanders the aisles, telling confusing stories in which he ends up ble...
4.80 (6 reviews) (~1.57 km from centre)
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Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museums & des Museums Ludwig e.V.
Museum
👍👍 Beautiful gallery and well organized
4.70 (7 reviews) (~0.14 km from centre)
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SK Stiftung Kultur
Art gallery
👍👍 Very good exhibition seen by Lucinda Devlin.
4.60 (38 reviews) (~1.67 km from centre)
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GeoMuseum
Museum
👍👍 A cute and nice little collection.
4.60 (37 reviews) (~2.18 km from centre)
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Haus Saaleck
Museum
😠 Impossible employee who seems to be completely miscast for public relations and customer contact. I just wanted to find out more today, a greeting was not returned, instead we were cynically complimented out. I expect a different atmosphere, especially in the art sector.
4.60 (25 reviews) (~0.16 km from centre)
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Temporary Gallery
Museum
👍👍 It is unfortunate that there are few experimental, alternative art spaces in Köln(even this place have a history of fluxus movement long time ago). To me it was honour to visit and got lots of inspiration from this place. When I went back to my country after visiting Köln, I could not forget about t...
4.60 (17 reviews) (~1.44 km from centre)
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Boehm Chapel
Museum
4.60 (15 reviews) (~7.76 km from centre)
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Breslauer Sammlung
Museum
👍👍 A place where you can see both the river and the bridge and the architecture.
4.60 (11 reviews) (~0.22 km from centre)
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Museum Raffael Becker
Museum
👍 A very beautiful and lovingly furnished museum... very interestingly designed, using a QR code you can find out more about the respective pictures, spoken by the painter, in a funny and refreshing way.
4.60 (10 reviews) (~4.96 km from centre)
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CEDON Museum Shops GmbH Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Museum
4.60 (8 reviews) (~0.14 km from centre)
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Kölner Festungsmuseum
Museum
This 19th-century Prussian fortress is a museum with exhibits on military history & guided tours.
4.50 (64 reviews) (~4.69 km from centre)
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Bunker Köln Nippes - Luftschutz- Leitstelle des Reichsbahn- Ausbesserungswerkes (RAW)
Historical place museum
👍👍 Here history comes alive and can be experienced. Well done, it's a real experience. Only possible thanks to the commitment of purely voluntary helpers. Respect, that must have been a huge amount of work! The feeling is also really good when you come out afterwards and are just happy that you are in...
4.50 (51 reviews) (~3.06 km from centre)
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Museum Zündorfer Wehrturm
Museum
👍👍 Changing exhibitions that cannot currently take place due to the pandemic. But they say they will make up for it.
4.50 (22 reviews) (~9.62 km from centre)
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Landmann-31
Museum
👍👍 Small, somewhat hidden art gallery on Lenauplatz in Cologne, but with fascinating and varied exhibitions. A visit to the vernissages is worth it, great audience.
4.50 (8 reviews) (~3.51 km from centre)
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Jugendladen Nippes & Nippes Museum
Museum
4.50 (8 reviews) (~2.89 km from centre)
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